Fredrick beichwees



(No Model.)

P. REIGHWBIN.

HOT DINNERYPAIL.

Patented Deo. 5, 1882.

INVEN'IOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea.

nREDRIcK. REicHwEIN, oF NEW YoRrQN. Y.

AHOT-DINNER PAU..

SPECIFICATIN forming` part of Letters Patent No. I268,534, dated December 5, 1882. i i Application filed April 10, 1882. (Nomodel.)

` `To all whom it may concern 'tion of the same.

Be it known that I, FREDRIGK REICHWEIN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hot-'Dinner Pails, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the-accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of lmy improvement. Fig. 2 is asec'tional end eleva- Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation of the lamp. Fig. 4isa bottom View of the lamp. Fig. 5 is' a sectional side elevation of a cooking-pan.

The object of this invention is to promote the convenience of those carrying a dinner or formed in it to allow air to pass in beneath the bottom of the bodyy A.

To the body A, at a little distance from its top, is attached a horizontal partition, C, forming a compartment, l). The space below the partition G is divided by a partition, E, into` two unequal compartments,FG. Acoesstothe larger compartment,F, which serves as a provision-chamber, ishad through an opening,.

H, in the end ofthe body A. The opening H is closed by a door, I, which for convenience I prefer to hinge at its lower edge. The door I is fastened when closed by a button, J, or other suitable fastening. The smaller -compartment, G, is made open at the bottom, and is'intended to receive the lamp K, to the bottom of which are attached spring-latches L, to engage with slotted plates M or other catches attached to the body A and project-ing downward within the foot B.

To the bottom ofthe lamp K are attached downwardlyprojecting flanges N, to serve as feet'to support the lamp K when detached from the body A, and as a handle for convenience in inserting and removing the lamp. The sides of the lamp project beyond its ends, so as to lit into the chamber G and to form chambers at one end of the lamp, to receive the button O,

attached to the stem of the wick-wheels P, and the cap Q, which closes the filling-aperture at the other end of the said lamp.

Access may be had to the button O, forrais ing and lowering the wick without detaching the lamp, through an opening in side of the i body A, which opening can be closed by a slide, R. The'wickwheels P are placed within the lamp K, and their stem passes through a of the wick. The lamp K is/made narrower than the chamber G, so that air tosupport combustion can pass up freely through the side parts of the said chamber. The lamp K is covered upon its top, sides, and bottom, with a layer, U, of asbestus felt or other suitable incombustible and non-conducting material,lto prevent the lamp from becoming heated. The felt U is kept in place and protected from injury by being covered with a thin sheet-metal casing, V. The wick-tube T is also covered nearly to its upper end with a layer, U', of asbestus felt, which is covered with a casing, V', of sufficient size to inclose the wick-tube audits felt covering. With this construction the outside ofthe lamp K and its wick-tube are fully protected from the heat.

W is a guard of perforated sheet metal or wire-g`auze the middle part of which has a slot formed in it 'to receive the wick tube. The

side parts ot' the guard W are bent downward and then inward, and their edges are soldered or otherwise secured to the top of 4the lamp. The length of the Vguard Wis equal to the length of the chamber G, andthewidthof the horizontal middle part of the said guardW .is equal to the width of the said chamber G,

lthe point of combustion, so that thelamp will not be liable to be blown out bythe wind.

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Above the upper end of the wick-tube T is placed a cone, X, the lower edges of which extend outward horizontally, andare attached to the wall of the chamber G.

Y is a sheet -metal chimney, the lower end of which surrounds the cone X and rests upon the base of the said cone. The upper end of the chimney Y is connected with an opening in the partition C, through which the heated products of combustion pass into the heatingchamber D near one end. In the wall of the body A, at the other end of' the chamber D, is formed an opening, D', through which the heated products of combustion escape into the air after passing through the 'entire length of the said chamber.

The heating-chamber D and tbeparff Qf thel lamp-chamber G above the guard W arelinled with asbestus felt Z or other suitable incollabustible and non-conducting material. rJlhe feltZ can be secured. in place bypoints cut out of the wall of the body A and the chimney Y and bentl down over the said felt, or by other suitable means.

I-n the side walls,r of the heating-chamber D are formed apertures a to allow the condition of the flame to be seen, S0` that the wick can b Properly adjusted without removing the lamp.

b is a boiler for making coffee or boiling other li quids ,al.1f. Which isinade with a down-V ward and upward bulgeand a flange, as shown in Figs. l and 2, so that its edge will rest upon the upper edge of the body and the said. boiler will serve as a @Over tothe heatingchamber D. With this construction the lower part of the boiler b projects into the heating,- chamber D, and is exposed to the heated products of combustion a's'they pass through the entire lengthl of the heating-chamber D from the chimney Y to the opening. in the end wall of the said chamber D, sothat the:contents of the boiler b will be` heated. very quickly. The boilerb is provided near one, end of its upper sidewith'anopeningclosed with a screwcap, c, for convenience in lling andemptying the said boiler. The boiler` b isalsoI provided with ahandle, d, for yconvenience in handling it.

l'lo lugs e, attachedA to the upper edgesof the sides of the body or shell A, are attached the ends of two bails`f, the middle parts of which are passed through the perforation of thehandpiece g, to form a convenient handle tor car.,

rying the pail. The pail isalsoprovided'with,

a rectangular pan, h, oi' such a size that its wired edges will rest upon the wired upper edges ofthe body A, so that the said pan can be used for frying meat and eggs, warming potatoes, and doing other cooking. The pan h is provided with a handle, t', which is bent downward near its inner end, and is hinged at its inner end to the stift'ening-wire in theedge 0f the said pan, so that the said handle can be turned down linto the interior of the pan h, as shown in Fig. 1, for convenience in packing it into the pail A for carriage. The stiiening wireof the pan h, at the point where the handle ris hinged to it, has an upwardly-projecting loop, j, formed in it, to serve as a stop to the handle when lifting the said pan byitshandle.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, I claim as rnew and d.@sire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A hot-dinner pail constructed substantially as herein shown. and described, and consisting of the shell A, divided iutothree' compartments, DA F G, by two partitions, C E, the lamp K, provided with springlatches L and screen W, and the boiler b, as set forth.

2l. The combination, with the lamp having aty the bottom spring-latches L, anda pail having the foot B, of' the plates M,attached to thepail and projecting down withinthefoot, as and for the purpose described.

3. In a hot-dinner pail divided into co1n-V pertinents, by partitions, the combinatiomwith the, heating-compartment D and the upper par-t of the lamp-compartment G`of an incombustible and non-conducting lining,` Z, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the provision-.chamber Fis keptfrom becoming unduly heated, as set forth.`

4. 'lhe combination of the chamber G of a lamp having its sides` projected beyond its ends'the wheels P, having button O, and the cap Q, as and for the purpose set forth.

' 5. In a hot-dinner pail, the combination,wth the lampK, the wick-tube 'Land the lamp-` chamber G, of the screen W,.havingits1si`de parts, bent inward and` downward, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby IOO the ame isr4 prevented from being blown out bythe wind,y as set forth,

FREDRIGK REICHWEIN.

Witnesses.:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, f C. SEDGWIGK. 

